A New Year Marching to the Beat of a New Drum Corps

Last year’s festival sort of missed a beat.Not only did we lose our larger than life
master carver, but the village lost its drum corps.

This year McDara is showing signs of healing nicely, and
when the Barron Von Laugher declared that the village needed a new Drum Corp… Our
very own “Brando” stepped up to fill the void.

The group is small but mighty… they need more drums… and a
name… but this did not stop them from marching for the first time in the closing parade Saturday night.

Things are already feeling much more up-beat!

News from the Town CrierFor More Information, Click the Article Below

News from the Town Crier

Opening Weekend - Fun in the Sun
Opening weekend was a lot of FUN… and a little too much SUN
for some.Let’s hope that this is our
ONLY weekend with triple digit heat!It
was ...
Posted May 14, 2013, 8:44 PM by Scully McQuillan

Last Chance - A Message from KGALORE
Make-up Classes: Saturday April 13 @ 9:30 am for registration; class begins at
10 am.
This just in: Due to the number of folk who couldn't make ...
Posted Mar 26, 2013, 1:40 PM by Scully McQuillan

The McDara Family of Tradesmen

Dan and Fiona McDara started a home and accepted a large number of very talented craftspeople into their extended family.

The family became prosperous and renowned for the fine quality of goods they produced.

The Baron Von Lauffer of Koronaberg was traveling the world searching for entertainment for his festival when he came across the McDara Family of Tradesmen and became enthralled.

He convinced Daniel (Now known as the McDara Mor) to bring the entire family to Germany to participate in the festival. He paid passage on a ship and the entire family went on vacation for a year to be a part of this huge event.

That was more than ten years ago.

The Baron promises every year to pay for return passage to Ireland... though he never seems to find the time, or funds, to make this occur.

Having become accustomed to the substance of a Baron's promises... McDara has built new homes in Germany.

An Excerpt from:"10,000 Year History of McDara"

"For the first 9,982 years of the history, the world was a Grey, Bleak and Joyless place because there was no McDara's. Then some stuff started to happen."